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Ken Garland

Ergonomics for Industry 10, Seating in Industry, June 1966

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  • Format Booklet
  • Designer/s Ken Garland and Associates
  • Year 1966
  • Client/Publisher Ministry of Technology
Ken Garland and Associates
Ken Garland studied at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts in the 1950s and was taught by Herbert Spencer, Anthony Froshaug and Jesse Collins. Whilst at the School he studied alongside designers Ken Briggs, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes. Explore related designers including FHK Henrion and Herbert Spencer. See also British Modernism, Design magazine, and British graphic design history.
Ergonomics for Industry
Ergonomics for Industry was a British technical publication series designed by Ken Garland in the 1960s, one of the finest examples of systematic information design applied to industrial communication.

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Ergonomics for Industry 10, Seating in Industry, June 1966. Designed by Ken Garland and Associates
Ergonomics for Industry 10, Seating in Industry, June 1966. Designed by Ken Garland and Associates
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